Males playing female avatars

Is it self parody if it's unintentional? Or darkly tragic?

Lol.

That's pretty much what I had Argent David dressed in for a long while, well, except that he was a cat. Big old sloppy tomcat with chewed ears.

You have any idea how hard it is to get a decent plaid shirt on SL? Avatar Mesh, I curse thee!

This I totally agree with! It’s one of the few things I really find offensive about SL. It boggles my mind to think a woman would do these things.... haven’t they every had to walk out to their car in a dark, nearly disserted parking lot late at night, alone? I’ve always just assumed all the GOR slaves and rape RP’ers were men but perhaps your right. Personally I blame men for most of the damaging stereotypes presented of woman but I guess we do earn a few of them ourselves.

/me grins. Plaid *is* awfully hard to make virtual clothing in - getting all those lines to match at the seams. Nightmare.

I think it's probably true to say that, ultimately, damaging stereotypes were IMPOSED by men. Historically, it has been men who controlled the media, and the loudest and most authoritative voices in our society. But co-opting women into buying these stereotypes has always been a strategic aim. Take a look at a woman's magazine from the 50s, for example.

Teaching the victim to embrace her victimization has always been a strategy of tyranny, of whatever kind. Remember the Epsilons on Huxley's Brave New World? They LOVED being at the bottom of the social scale; how much freer were they than the Alphas, who had to think and carry onerous responsibilities!

You might start a trend among the men - they'd see that avatar and say, "*That's* what I'm talking about! Where'd you get that avatar, dude?"

The AV store in the Livingtree sim has some rather nice plaid shirts actually. Center of the sim, the only L shaped building, can't miss it.

Too late now. You KNOW guys only need ONE plaid shirt.

*screams until her voice is hoarse and fades away*

(I think you're right. Although it might also be hilarious - I wish someone made parody avatars.)

Someone say plaid? =^-^=

So true - and it seems to grow along with them no matter how tall or round they get and last a lifetime. Kind of like the Incredible Hulk's pants.

Hmm ... it looks like the pattern of the top does not quite match what was used for the skirt though? Maybe a solid reddish-rust for the top like the hair and a jet black (or brighter red) wig?

Oi! Hands off the hair! *flails* (>_<

Actually... I did change to Curio's Sausage Curls after taking that picture. =^-^=

OK, but whether you are roleplaying your whole SL personality...Nevermind...Nobody would check that box anyway

How do you roleplay a personality?

That sounds too much like a job to me. I only do things for love or money. Assuming no one is being paid to manufacture an entire real life self, what would be the payoff in 'roleplaying a personality?'

(If you mean fabricated real life details, no one should ask for those anyway, in my opinion.)

No rational person would believe that women get turned on by real sexual violence. However, what they fantasize about or do safe in their own bedrooms* is sometimes another story.











*Or mine

Invent one. With RL details to match if necessary.



Mainly screwing with people's heads.



So we see which camp you are in

Agreed. But it ain't the rational ones I worry about.

Whatever you are implying here - I hate camping.

I don't think that it's always "mainly" screwing with people's heads. Some times I roleplay being very nice.

True, but then they don't need any convincing one way or the other. Since they are not rational.

Okay, as long as nobody tries to remove the styles from Taunt that my AVs use.

I think I might make a male alt and go around hitting on the other guys

No, that would be mean and hurtful to the guys who are most certianly NOT running around as women and hitting on other women.

How easy do you think it would be to fool everyone.
I will need to get Emerald fixed so I could go on voice too! I bet I could do it.

This is too black-and-white a response. The world isn't divided into "rational" and "irrational" people: there is an enormously broad spectrum.

And either way, we have to contend with those who WILL believe that women "want it" even when they are clear that they don't, whether it's through education or other means.

LOL!!

Uh, yeah . . .